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LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT M. BECNEL v. ANCALE

No. 02-CA-285.

829 So.2d 573 (2002)

The LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT M. BECNEL, Formally Doing Business as, Becnel, Landry & Becnel, v. Penny B. ANCALE, Samuel Accardo, Jr., Accardo, Edrigton & Golden, A Professional Law Corporation, Bryan G. Duhe and Duhe, Barnard & Perloff P.C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

September 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane K. Zink, LaPlace, LA, Counsel for Law Office of Robert M. Becnel, Formerly Doing Business as Becnel, Landry & Becnel, Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard L. Edrigton, LaPlace, LA, Counsel for Accardo, Edrington & Golden, now known as The Law Offices of Richard L. Edrington, Defendant-Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., CLARENCE E. McMANUS and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.

WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute between two law firms concerning the apportionment of attorney's fees obtained out of the proceeds of a settlement in a personal injury case. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. On June 24, 1996, Louisiana resident Penny Ancale was injured at the Mobile Greyhound Park in Mobile, Alabama. Following this accident, Ms. Ancale retained Robert Becnel, a...

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